Why oil prices this low are unsustainable

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When Simon Mawhinney of Allan Gray looks at the energy landscape today, he’s reminded of where the gold market was in 2013 before that sector’s dream run. Prices were unsustainably low, and the industry overall was losing money. That made it the perfect time to buy producers capable of riding out the storm, the same opportunity in front of oil investors today.

While he’s not attempting to predict the turning point, he believes that it is impossible to sustain an ecosystem with oil prices at their current levels.

“Many of these companies are running on the mother of all hamster wheels and in fact going backwards, eating into their capital to produce oil. Sooner or later that has to end.”

In this interview, Simon expands on why the supply/demand equation will remedy itself taking into account the OPEC rift, and shares one oil stock offering excellent value.

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